Open Access<p>Prevalence and Predictors of Virological Failure Among Adults Living with HIV in South Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study</p>
Author(s) -
Teklehaimanot Fentie Wendie,
Birhanu Demeke Workneh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hiv/aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1373
DOI - 10.2147/hiv.s266460
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , logistic regression , cohort , confounding , odds ratio , antiretroviral therapy , cohort study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medical record , viral load , immunology
Highly active antiretroviral therapy has dramatically altered progression of HIV infection and significantly improved patients' quality of life. However, drug resistance with consequent treatment failure raises the need for much more expensive and toxic second-line regimens. Thus, this study aimed at investigating the predictors of virologic failure among adults in Northeast Ethiopia.